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Japan said Tuesday it scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone off an island near Taiwan that has been drawn into a weeks-long diplomatic spat between Tokyo and Beijing.

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The bizarre spat between the Blades duo led to the video assistant referee checking for a possible red card, but no action was taken.

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She expects the spat will rumble on but said she isn’t worried about it.

Shiina Ito has had fewer Chinese customers at her Tokyo jewellery shop since Beijing issued a travel warning in the wake of a diplomatic spat, but she said she was not concerned.

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And on the eve of the Ashes was the moment he snapped as a tit-for-tat spat played out in the media.

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